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The Turkish metro hosts a pilot program of vending machines that exchange tickets for plastic containers to encourage recycling in the country.

Containers to separate all types of waste, clean points in each city, returnable containers ... Of a time to this part who does not recycle or reuse is because he does not want. The truth is that the administrations have put the batteries to facilitate the task and that there are no excuses, but there are still those who refuse to do so.

The accumulation and treatment of waste is one of the most serious problems affecting the planet, the human footprint is very deep and harmful, so that all initiatives that are aimed at changing that are welcome, as the genius they have put in practice last week in Turkey for those who only care about their pocket.

Vending machines have been installed in public transport stations in the country where you can buy the ticket at your destination, but with a different use: a hole through which to insert plastic bottles or cans of soda to recycle and to get us cheaper, even gratuitous.

Containers to separate all types of waste, clean points in each city, returnable containers ... Of a time to this part who does not recycle or reuse is because he does not want. The truth is that the administrations have put the batteries to facilitate the task and that there are no excuses, but there are still those who refuse to do so.

The accumulation and treatment of waste is one of the most serious problems affecting the planet, the human footprint is very deep and harmful, so that all initiatives that are aimed at changing that are welcome, as the genius they have put in practice last week in Turkey for those who only care about their pocket.

Vending machines have been installed in public transport stations in the country where you can buy the ticket at your destination, but with a different use: a hole through which to insert plastic bottles or cans of soda to recycle and to get us cheaper, even gratuitous.

Travelers get discounts on their tickets and can even get them for free if they get to recycle the amount of waste needed. For example, a plastic container of 33 centiliters is equivalent to 2 kurus -the currency used in the country, about 0.30 euros-, so to pay for the entire ticket and that it would be free for us, it would take 28 bottles or cans of this type .

At the moment there are 25 machines installed in a pilot program to see how citizens respond, but it is expected to place 100 before the end of the year. This is a very necessary initiative, especially in a country like Turkey, the third largest producer of waste only behind Germany and France, and the least recycled in Europe.

Getting more recycle, raising awareness among the population about the need to better manage waste and encourage the use of public transport are the goals of this fantastic initiative.

What can be recycled

When we propose to start recycling, there are many doubts that can arise to us in order to carry out this process correctly. To what container should the recyclable materials go? How can I know if this type of processed paper or cardboard can be recyclable?

Virtually any element of our house, of our workplace or of our study center is full of things that we can reuse and recycle, so that, at the beginning of this process, we find a lot of new objects and waste that can make recycling a real headache. We will try to help you to know what are the recyclable materials.

The first step we must take to separate the recyclable materials is to make different large cubes to sort each and every waste. Ideally, you can get a total of four, which you can label as follows: organic matter, packaging, glass and paper.

With just this simple classification you can start with the recycling process in a fast, simple and very effective way, since a large amount of the objects and materials with which we have contact day after day are related to these classifications.

Today we want to offer a help to all those who are just beginning to discover recycling and want to prove what this experience is like, even if they have many doubts about how to distribute their different waste. Take good note and discover a complete guide below in which you can discover the main types of recyclable materials, as well as those that are not suitable for this process.

An advert. In this article we speak only and exclusively of materials that you can recycle in the containers that exist in your town or city. Obviously, any material can be brought to a clean point or a green dot. But, for example, a light bulb can not be thrown into the glass container, since it contains mercury.

Types of recyclable materials

Paper

Leaves torn from notebooks

Newspapers

Journals

Papers, both printed and non-printed

Envelopes of common letters

Bills

Forms

Folders

Telephone directories

Cardboard packaging

Transport boxes

Glasses

Food packaging

Bottles of alcoholic beverages

Perfume and cosmetic packaging

Textiles

Cotton fabrics

Linen fabrics

Fabrics of 100% natural origin

Metals

Cans and containers of soft drinks

Aluminum and ferrous metals (metal cans for food and drinks, for example)

Plastics

Containers from food and drink

Cosmetic bottles

Transport packaging of the food industry

Disposable cups, plates and cutlery

Pots

Plastic chairs (as well as more furniture elements of this material)

Plastic bottles of cleaning products

What cannot be recycled

Papers

Papers from a fax

Papers printed with carbon-based ink

Commercial catalogs

Cellophane as well as other types of adhesive tape

Paper napkins

Kitchen paper used

Used glasses

Photographic paper

Labels

Stickers

Photo negatives

Plasticized paper

Glasses

Spoiled spotlights

Molten light bulbs

Lamps

Flat crystals (such as those from a broken window)

Mirrors

Glasses lenses

Ceramic objects such as cups, pots, plates or glasses.

Textiles

Printed fabrics

Fabrics with a high percentage of plastic material

Tinted fabrics

Rags impregnated with cleaning products

Dirty paint rags

Textile soaked in flammable products such as fuel

Metals

Cans from household cleaning products

Containers that have contained products with toxic substances, such as paints.

The list could continue practically indefinitely. However, through all the objects and products that we have mentioned, we can quickly and easily make an idea of ​​which are the main products for recycling.

If you are going to recycle for the first time, do not be afraid of making mistakes, just keep going, because that small gesture that you are going to make can imply an important change in the generations of the future, that will appreciate that we have been able to conserve the environment in a sustainable way and autoabastecible through the recycling of different materials and elements that we have. Hopefully this guide of recyclable materials has helped you.